Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2566
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ، عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ أَبِي فَرْوَةَ، أَنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ مُسْلِمٍ، حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ عُرْوَةَ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ عَمْرَةَ بِنْتَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَتْهُ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ حَدَّثَتْهَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " إِذَا زَنَتِ الأَمَةُ فَاجْلِدُوهَا فَإِنْ زَنَتْ فَاجْلِدُوهَا فَإِنْ زَنَتْ فَاجْلِدُوهَا فَإِنْ زَنَتْ فَاجْلِدُوهَا ثُمَّ بِيعُوهَا وَلَوْ بِضَفِيرٍ " . وَالضَّفِيرُ الْحَبْلُ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn Rumh narrated to us; he said: al-Layth ibn Sa'd informed us, from Yazid ibn Abi Habib, from 'Ammar ibn Abi Farwah, that Muhammad ibn Muslim told him that 'Urwah told him that 'Amrah bint 'Abd al-Rahman told him that 'Aishah told her the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When a slave woman commits zina, flog her. If she commits zina again, flog her; if she commits zina again, flog her; if she commits zina again, flog her; then sell her, even for a plaited cord. A plait is a rope.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic repeats the flogging instruction four times before the sale instruction; the English witness omits one repetition. The source also explains that a dhafir is a rope.